Close Secrets

The Scream

We come back from the beach and change and shower, just did everything before dinner. Rachel was the best chef out of all of us. She had the talent.
"Wine?" Marilyn asked us all.
"Yes, please." Everyone answered including Rachel.
" You okay Rach? Have you ever drunk before?" Marilyn asked.
"A few times at weddings." Rach lied.
"Are you okay?" I asked.
"No." She responded.
"Dumped by text?" Claire asked.
"Dumped by text." She agreed raising her glass and swallowed hard on her glass of wine.
"I'm sorry Rach it must be hard for you." Marilyn said.
I walk to the slide nd glass door to watch the beach move quietly since there's nothing else to do. When I look out there's a guy and someone so similar to Amy sitting on the beach looking so happy. I knew she would come back. I walk to the kitchen to reach for the wine and all of us jump within the instant. A scream. The loudest scream. Amy's scream. We run to the slide door and look out. I could barely see.
"I'm going out there." Marilyn said.
"What? No Marilyn it could be a joke." I hoped.
"I'll go with her." Claire said. I thought fast no one goes alone.
"No. No one goes unless everyone goes." We sat there arguing for a minute. I knew me and Rach we the only ones not willing to go out there but Claire and Marilyn weren't backing out anytime soon. We walk out there slowly closer and closer to the water. Nothing found. Nothing like a human or body. But blood. Blood was all over the place. The problem is that the body or whatever was dragged in not out.
"Oh my god." I said quietly.
"Get your stuff." Claire said. "We need to leave."
We looked at her she had that scared look on her face but she knew leaving Amy wasn't a good idea and leaving at all would not be a good idea.
"We can't leave. Amy is still here somewhere." I said.
"She can catch a cab" she joked in a serious matter.
"Listen we stay till tomorrow night." I said.
"And if she doesn't?" I she asked.
"Then we'll leave." Marilyn agreed.
"Fine can we just go inside now please." She asked.
We walk back to the beach house and enter the house quietly.
"Guys look at this." Marilyn said.
It was a note. Laying on the table with a black stamp on it.
"Open in it." Rachel said.
I lean in to open it and when I did it stated....
- There's no point in waiting she's gone-
We stood there panicking without showing it.
"Now can we leave?" Claire said.
"Get your shit. We're leaving right now." I said.
We got our stuff and drove to the farthest hotel away from the beach and paid for a room for the night. We all slept in two different beds in one room until next morning. When next morning came we were glad to leave.